The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - THE LAST DAY! 1st September 2014
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Teddy Klinsmann
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Hoping to read Baldini sacked in the morning. Another successful window for him.
paulcumpstone
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ENIC might have been good for us in the beginning and clearly improved us but im now thinking they lack ambition and have no desire to take us any higher.too many windows money is going in rather than coming out.
o1fozzybear
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Moorpheus19
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Man City and Chelsea do deals so fast because they are quite happy to pay whatever the selling club wants.
Gb160
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Edited that post pretty sharpish didn't u ....chicken out?
scat1620
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I heartily agree with this.
guiltyparty
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To invest money is to expect a profit. Investment is every outlay on every player wage, training facility fixture or manager sacking package. That we make more than we spend (barely) is not through lack of investment, it's through good business management.
No, he hasn't thrown a load of his personal wealth at it, with no regard of making any money back like Abramovich, but then that's why he heads up an investment firm. Abramovich didn't work for his money and spends it like a playboy - sure it's fun for his entourage, but it's not investing.
Gbspurs
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True but if you want to trim the squad and no offers come in for those players, what can you do?
Must admit I'm also disappointed to lose those 2 and Sandro.
SandroClegane
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They're building us a fucking stadium and built us one of the best training grounds in the world. Is that not ambition?
Snarfalicious
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Exactly. It seems like the exact opposite of what I'd expect. Holtby and Siggy always had the talent, they just never really appeared to have anyone that could provide them effective coaching to bring it out of them. I haven't felt that Lennon has had the talent to make it for over 2 years now (always hoping he'd somehow "get it") and Townsend is about as brainless of a footballer as you will find. It's incredibly frustrating.
I said weeks ago when the Remy deal to Liverpool fell through that we should swoop in and get him. We have a good relationship with QPR and his stock was at its lowest at the time. He would've given us pace, goal scoring, and versatility. Why was that deal not done, I wonder? JJ alluded to the fact that there was some contact over him, so what happened there?
Blackrat1299
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I am afraid that last comment from The original JJetset @jetsetyid, didn't sound very convincing to me, albeit it was in good faith.
13VanDerBale13
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Another manager and same old stories, #1 targets not bought and we are left with plan B.
Mr Pink
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Was just thinking the same.
I really am starting to think all these decisions are beyond footballing ones.
Very disillusioned at the moment.
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Anyone wanting to have a pop at/defend Levy should head to this thread here
http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/ind...ing-tottenham-back.99342/page-81#post-4222575
And leave this for clear for the last minute surprise rumour that's no doubt heading our way
http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/ind...ing-tottenham-back.99342/page-81#post-4222575
And leave this for clear for the last minute surprise rumour that's no doubt heading our way
Are we? Really?
1. We've got Adebayor, who is frustrating, but a very good striker. He will get us goals and can play on his own up front.
2. Soldado. Massive signing last year, who needs a chance in this league. We spent over £20m on him and most of us were over the moon when we signed him last year. To write him off after one poor season is madness - plenty of strikers have had a difficult start in the prem and gone on to do fantastic things (Drogba was a joke for his first year, Van Persie took a while to get going, Henry wasn't a first season wonder).
3. Kane. We have to give our youth a chance and this kid might have something. He's started well and has a bit of craft about him that's rare in an English forward. Perfect third striker material.
We are not weak up front. Our options are good and, with a bit of luck, could be fantastic. We are much better off than the days of Bent, Campbell and Pav (and they played in a 4-4-2!)
llamafarmer
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History means very little. Players don't give a toss that we won the double in 1961. I think it's you that needs to wise up. They want to play in the CL, they want to challenge for league titles and they want big wages - we haven't won the league in over 50 years and we can't compete with the 5 significantly richer teams in the premier league on wages. We might however be able to compete if we had the revenue from a 50,000+ stadium every fortnight.
We probably do have a lot in the coffers (and I think you're speculating there by the way) but a stadium is a massive investment for the club and will require significant savings to make it happen. We are effectively saving for a house, so we're not going to go and splurge on a new BMW in the meantime.
steve
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Welbeck would've been ok but we can't compete with Arsenal in terms of Euro footy or wages....
Not fussed by either Sig or Holtby going as both were squad players and not good enough - Lamela is back in the frame and the new guy replaces Sandro (if he goes). We've got 3 new defenders and only flogged one (thus far) and we've kept hold of Verts and Hugo....
£27m for MS was way too much so not surprised he hasn't come....
Who else did people seriously think was realistic that they wanted?
JRod is injured. Ben Arfa? I mean seriously that's just needy bollocks...
Not fussed by either Sig or Holtby going as both were squad players and not good enough - Lamela is back in the frame and the new guy replaces Sandro (if he goes). We've got 3 new defenders and only flogged one (thus far) and we've kept hold of Verts and Hugo....
£27m for MS was way too much so not surprised he hasn't come....
Who else did people seriously think was realistic that they wanted?
JRod is injured. Ben Arfa? I mean seriously that's just needy bollocks...
SpartanSpur
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The optimistic side of me thinks as long as Schneiderlin stays at Soton it'll be interesting to see if we can get him and J-Rod in January. I think January is an under-utilised market, as despite having a bit of premium, clubs that buy well in January tend to have a good end to the season. Hull getting to the cup final and Newcastle almost making top four excellent examples.
However can't help but feel incredibly short-changed by levy. We get screwed for money at every opportunity, ticket increases, shirt increases, membership increases, then the stubhub debacle. And yet he can't appreciate inflation on transfer fees for good players!
I appreciate we have the stadium to build but we've had longer to fund this than most, and I'm still waiting for a terrible naming rights deal coming up as they offered a few quid more.
More money in the PL than ever and we fail to sign a player over £10m (even if Davies was it was a swap). That's mid table stuff. Hull and Southampton have spent more than that on a single player this summer.
Levy always tries to achieve unrealistic goals with the bare minimum, then sacks the guy who can't achieve them. Really hope Poch is given next season even if we come 7th, wouldn't count on it though!
However can't help but feel incredibly short-changed by levy. We get screwed for money at every opportunity, ticket increases, shirt increases, membership increases, then the stubhub debacle. And yet he can't appreciate inflation on transfer fees for good players!
I appreciate we have the stadium to build but we've had longer to fund this than most, and I'm still waiting for a terrible naming rights deal coming up as they offered a few quid more.
More money in the PL than ever and we fail to sign a player over £10m (even if Davies was it was a swap). That's mid table stuff. Hull and Southampton have spent more than that on a single player this summer.
Levy always tries to achieve unrealistic goals with the bare minimum, then sacks the guy who can't achieve them. Really hope Poch is given next season even if we come 7th, wouldn't count on it though!
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